Did America’s most notorious serial killer, Ted Bundy, kill Janet Leigh Lester? The case, known as the Broken Heart Murder, is decades cold now. With no jurisdiction and no support and no real hope of solving such an old cold case, John Jordan is not taking no for an answer. For more info or to download, visit Amazon.com.

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Kali O'Brien returns to her hometown where her childhood friend Jannine is the prime suspect in the murder of her husband. Kali is convinced Jannine is innocent until the evidence begins to mount. Secrets past and present confound Kali's investigation.

Former attorney Jonnie Jacobs, author of fifteen mystery and suspense novels, several short stories, and numerous essays, says she loves to write crime fiction because she likes bringing a sense of justice and order to the world. Learn more about Jonnie on her website here!

High school teacher Lauren looks as though she has it all in her small seaside town in MA and her upcoming marriage to former minor-league pitcher David. Until one of her students is murdered and she suddenly becomes a person of interest, and David discovers that she hasn't told him everything about her past. With the help of the retired town sheriff, and David's best friend, the current assistant sheriff, David sets out to find the truth...

When Gemma’s eyes first meet the dark, piercing gaze of Evan James, an ominous shadow creeps into her life, ultimately leading her to face her destiny. She doesn't realize Evan is one of Death's soldiers and that Death is summoning her. Her time is up: Gemma must die . . . and Evan has been sent to kill her. But what if she’s the only one who can truly see him?

From the moment he saw her, he knew she was different, but he never imagined his life would forever change. Now, thrust into a role he never wanted, guardian to a girl he can never have, he will risk everything to save her from humans — and his family. The only thing he can't save her from, however, is herself...

Syssi's paranormal foresight lands her a job at Dr. Amanda Dokani's neuroscience lab, but it fails to predict the thrilling yet terrifying turn her life will take. Syssi has no clue that her boss is an immortal who'll drag her into a secret, millennia-old battle over humanity's future. Nor does she realize that the professor's imposing brother is the mysterious stranger who's been starring in her dreams.

Working cowgirl Payton Hollis has no time for hairdryers or heels as she must save her Montana ranch. She also has no time for city boys called Cordell Morgan whose fancy suit and slow smile hide secrets … no matter what her heart might say.

Aphrodite "Abby" left Olympus for freedom. Everything's great until one colossal misstep lands her in front of Zeus, who demands she make a match between two people. Easy for the Goddess of Love, right? Not! Abby stumbles into an ex-lover, a dead demi-god, and the realization that a relic has been stolen from Zeus. Abby will have to solve the mystery so she can get back to her comfortable life and expensive cappuccino machine.

When Callie died, she expected to go to heaven—or maybe hell. Instead, after some jerk murdered her, she ended up in Alabama. Now she’s witness to another murder, and she must find a way to make sure the police figure out who killed the woman before an innocent man goes to prison.

Julie Hayward doesn't believe in the supernatural... But when a ghostly encounter reveals a hidden fortune in her dilapidated family home, she’s cast into an exciting and romantic adventure. But treasure and danger often come hand in hand.

Detective Canale doesn't believe in a hereafter, let alone ghosts looking for closure. But when his reoccurring dream implies that his grandparents' deaths might have been homicides, he realizes he's either connecting to the other side - or going crazy. And he's not sure which thought scares him more.

When Elizabeth Bennet goes to Netherfield Park to help her sick sister, she's surprised by eerie noises and ghostly faces at the attic windows. Could the rumours about the manor being haunted be true? Then a midnight encounter with a dark stranger thrusts Elizabeth straight into the path of scandal and danger. As she races to unravel the mystery, she finds unexpected assistance from the handsome but arrogant Mr. Darcy.

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Mystery, Suspense, ​Women Sleuths, Cozy

Sheridan Hendley is not a sleuth, but when her colleague is murdered and a close friend becomes the prime suspect, she intends to help the detective find the killer.

With every question she asks, though, she gets closer and closer to a killer who clearly doesn't want her asking questions.

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Romantic Thriller, Supernatural, Shifter

Kyla's life mission will culminate in killing the reluctant werewolf she's fallen for...

When Nick falls for his enemy, their love is cursed. But the two sworn enemies are humanity's last hope - will their forbidden love be strong enough to break a centuries-old curse?

Detective Kate Springer gets a call from a confessor who admits to a heinous crime. When that person turns out to be her friend, Kate knows that no matter what the woman admitted to, she couldn’t be capable of murdering her own husband.

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Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Serial Killer

When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation.

​As Erika inches closer to uncovering the truth, the killer is closing in on Erika.

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Miranda Steele ventures to Georgia to find the daughter that her abusive ex-husband stole and then gave up for adoption. Instead of her long-lost child, though, she finds a teenager’s lifeless body. Now she's the police's prime suspect.

Driven by a fervent passion to protect the helpless, she and a lonely widower/ PI Wade Parker work to prove her innocence and uncover the child’s true identity.

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From the moment Hannah Alexander meets David Tenant, the handsome new Earl of Brentfield, she’s in danger of losing her heart. There are secrets aplenty at Brentfield, though, enough to challenge any lady’s sensibilities. As events unfold, Hannah quickly learns that loving David comes at a price...
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Mystery, Suspense, Romance, Cozy

One of private-eye Emily Parker's friends is falling for a handsome, wealthy man she met on a dating site. When he shows up in town to raise funds for an investment project, all hell breaks loose. Maggie wants a husband so badly she's willing to overlook things her protective friends are not. She'll learn the hard way that sometimes online dating can be murder.

Faerie-killer Ivy is hired to find a missing child, replaced with a changeling. When things go south, she's forced to team up with the seductively dangerous Mage Lord, at the risk of exposing her own dark history with the faeries -- and this time, running won't save her.

Working cowgirl Payton Hollis has no time for hairdryers or heels as she must save her Montana ranch. She also has no time for city boys called Cordell Morgan whose fancy suit and slow smile hide secrets … no matter what her heart might say.

It was supposed to be a new beginning - good job, good pay, and a lovely home in North Carolina. But when Max Porter discovers his office is haunted by the ghost of a 1940s detective, he is thrust neck-deep into a world of old mysteries and dangerous enemies. One in which ghosts, witches, curses, and spells exist. One in which a simple research job can turn deadly.

Recommending Books: The Author, the Reader, and the Story by bestselling mystery author Peg Herring.

It’s my practice to go into a bookstore and say to a clerk, “What do I want to read?” This results in great discussions of books and authors, and I usually leave with two or three interesting prospects. Does my method result in reading bliss? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Although clerks are generally eager to help, they can’t predict what I’ll love ... and what I’ll hate. They know what’s out there, but reading involves complex interplay among the reader, the writer, and the story. Predicting how those will mesh is tricky.

Although some authors write beautifully, I never buy their books. Elmore Leonard, James Patterson, Louise Penny, and Janet Evanovich are just a few authors whose legions of fans don’t include me. I've tried them all, but there was no spark between us.

Why is that? First, an author’s view of life colors everything he writes. Readers expect one sort of story from Lee Child or a C.J. Box and a completely different sort from Charles Todd or Laurie King. They’re all good writers with good plots, but the tone of each differs widely. Publishers hint at tone in blurbs and cover art so readers aren’t blindsided by unexpected violence or bored by cerebral investigations. Smart readers learn to note words like “dark,” “intricate,” and “zany” so they don’t buy books they’ll hate.

Enjoyment of a book depends on the reader’s viewpoint as well. Readers walk around in an invisible circle that delineates areas we’re willing to venture into. Outside that circle are plots we can’t believe in, characters we don’t like, and events we don’t want to know about. Behind it are genres we once enjoyed but have outgrown (I once did a decade of biographies). Before us are areas of reading we haven’t yet ventured into (maybe sci-fi is somewhere in my future). The fact that most readers seldom step outside their circle is neither our fault nor the writer’s.

A reader reacts to what he reads through the veil of his own experiences, and those things can’t be transferred to someone else. We’ve all given a book we loved to a friend who returned it later with an embarrassed air, maybe even with the admission he didn’t finish it. How did your friend miss the brilliance you saw in those words?

As we lean into a book, we can’t keep ourselves from falling between the pages. Some books we know are good--those with awards and great acclaim--leave us cold, while books the world hardly notices can strike a chord that makes us look for more from that author. I stopped readingThe Gold Finchhalfway through. Having often dealt with teenagers who’d lost their way in the world, it was painful to see the protagonist go through page after page of self-destructive agony. A book I saw as amazing,The Poisonwood Bible, brought yawns and even negative responses from my friends. The book spoke to me at that point in my life. Either it didn’t speak to them or it said things they didn’t want to hear.

Recently, a friend recommendedAll the Light We Cannot See, so I read it. She put it into her top five all-time books, and when I finished it, I thought, “Yes, that was a good read.” Recently, however, I foundThe Nightingale: same era, same location. That one knocked my socks off in a way the other didn’t.​Recommending books is an art, so I don’t envy the bookstore clerk who gets to tell me what I should read next. I’m sure they learn not to be offended when customers refuse their suggestions. Likewise, you shouldn’t be offended when a friend doesn’t get from a book what you got. The writer is no doubt talented; there are plenty of accomplished writers out there. The plot is probably okay, too--at least for some readers. It’s how the reader interacts with the author and the story that determines whether a book will go on his list of good reads and everybody’s “Best Books Ever” list is different.

How about you? Where do you get your book suggestions?

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Ms. Herring is the author of more than a dozen mystery books ranging from historical to contemporary, even a hint of paranormal. Her newest release is in the Dead Detective Mysteries, which you can find on Amazon.com!

When Amy Ridley decided to compete in the Kellerton Summer Festival Pie Contest, the last thing she expected was to find the reigning pie queen, Mandy Jo, dead—a raspberry pie smashed on her face! Mandy Jo made fantastic pies, but she accumulated more enemies than baking trophies. But when Amy receives a note threatening her own life, she decides to do some investigating herself.
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Jeanne's unwilling return to Guernsey, the island of her birth, is meant to be short. But events conspire against her, and she is forced to face her demons before finding out the truth of what happened so long ago.
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﻿FBI Special Agent Allison McNeil hunts a serial killer after a connected webcam was found in his victim's bedroom. While balancing the loss of the love of her life, Allison embarks on a mission to find the murderer.
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A proposed wind farm ignites a political and environmental controversy in Deer Creek. Coupled with mysterious lights in the night skies that attract some peculiar characters, things only get worse when the body of a farmer at the center of the dispute is discovered by the local UFO fanatic. Kennel owner Gracie Andersen is once again on the trail of wily killer.

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